Re: LOTR

> From: Padraic Brown
>
> Am 11.09.01, The Greay Wizard yscrifef:
>
> >
> > Nor am I sure that I agree about Tom's "importance to Tolkien's
> conception
> > of the Ring."  After his brief appearance early in the tale, he never
> > returns and is referenced only briefly.  It seems to me the story of the
> > ring could well be told without him.
> >
> > Now I'm sure that I have angered the Tom Bombadil fans among
> us, but this is
> > just my humble opinion.
>
> Not at all! He's one of my favourite cameo characters, but I
> agree that the story could be told without that episode. I was
> left unsatisfied, because we never learn much about him and
> his connection to the Ring and its lack of power over him. Nor
> do we learn much about his relam or Goldberry.
I first read LOTR long before The Silmarillion was published.  When rumors
of its imminent publication surfaced, I was certain that the overgrown
hobbit I knew as Tom Bombadil, would be transformed into Iarwain Ben-Adar, a
being of more weight and substance, perhaps a Vala or a Maia.  I continued
with that expectation through all 12 volumes of HoME, but alas, I found him
not.

Stay curious,
David

P.S. Is "The Greay Wizard" above an attempt to reconcile "The Grey/Gray
Wizard" with the creation of one conword?

David E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
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